British Sports and Sportsmen Past & Present. Compiled and Edited by "The Sportsman". London: "British Sports and Sportsmen", 1908-16. 8 volumes (only), large 4° (380 x 285mm). Half titles, titles printed in red and black, engraved, photogravure and half tone plates. Original green and tan buckram gilt, top edges gilt. Provenance: Brocket Hall (armorial bookplate).
Volumes I and II, which contain no statement of limitation, consist of engraved portraits of notable sportsmen, many with facsimile signatures beneath. The remaining volumes are as follows: Racing, Coursing and Steeplechasing (1911, 2 vols.), Hunting (1912), Shooting and Deerstalking (1913), Big Game Hunting and Angling (1914) and Yachting and Rowing (1916), all limited to 1,000 copies.
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British Sports and Sportsmen Past & Present. Compiled and Edited by "The Sportsman". London: "British Sports and Sportsmen", 1908-16. 8 volumes (only), large 4° (380 x 285mm). Half titles, titles printed in red and black, engraved, photogravure and half tone plates. Original green and tan buckram gilt, top edges gilt. Provenance: Brocket Hall (armorial bookplate).
Volumes I and II, which contain no statement of limitation, consist of engraved portraits of notable sportsmen, many with facsimile signatures beneath. The remaining volumes are as follows: Racing, Coursing and Steeplechasing (1911, 2 vols.), Hunting (1912), Shooting and Deerstalking (1913), Big Game Hunting and Angling (1914) and Yachting and Rowing (1916), all limited to 1,000 copies.
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